Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and most of his colleagues in the council of ministers were humbled at the hustings as the results for the state legislative Assembly polls were declared today.

While Omar lost from Sonawar Assembly segment by a margin of over 4,700 votes, the National Conference (NC) leader managed to win from the Beerwah constituency in Budgam district by a slender margin of over 1,000 votes.

In all, eight ministers from Congress, six from NC and one from Democratic Party Nationalist lost the elections.